Re: iPAQ 3850 Multi-Media Card

Jim,

Thanks for the reply. I already purchased a $50 dual CF sleeve for the
iPAQ along with a used 256 MB 24x CF card for $60. So far I sucessfully
loaded Opie and Familiar. I then restored Windows PocketPC. All this
was sucessful, so now it's time to experiment further. One caution to
others who go through this process: Be sure to copy any notes you may
have in the iPAQ's internal storage. They don't get backed up using
Microsoft's Active Sync backup utility.

A new question also...
The fonts on the Familiar keyboard and the terminal / console aren't the
greatest. In fact they are darn hard to read. Is there a solution? Do
the true type fonts fix this?

Best regards,

Jim

James Conner wrote:
> As far as I'm aware, the bootloader doesn't contain support for booting from
> MMC cards at the moment, so it's probably a no-go... at the moment.... I
> don't keep track on the bootloader mailing lists, so someone please proove
> me wrong.
>
> It should be possible (although probably pointless) to boot the kernel from
> CF, but use the MMC as filesystem storage. It would certainly be possible to
> use familiar on flash and chroot to a filesystem on MMC.
>
> Don't know if that helps much...
>
> Jim / Tangent
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James" <jjy@eaglequest.com>
> To: <intimate@handhelds.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 3:01 AM
> Subject: [Intimate] iPAQ 3850 Multi-Media Card
>
>
>
>>I have an iPAQ 3850 and am considering installing Intimate as a second
>>operating system. I've read much of the information on the
>>handhelds.org site in regard to Familiar and Intimate, but I didn't see
>>any references to using a Multi-Media card as a boot medium. I'm
>>considering whether or not to purchase a 128 MB Multi-Media card, which
>>can be inserted in the H3850's SD slot, or I'll have to purchase a
>>Compact Flash card and iPAQ sleeve. Will a Multi-Media card work for
>>Intimate?
>>
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>
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Received on Fri Jul 11 20:51:40 2003